kevin@odin:~$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper [sudo] password for kevin: FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found. kevin@odin:~$ sudo apt-cache search dkms ... (omitting extra stuff).... dkms - Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework ndiswrapper-dkms - Source for the ndiswrapper Linux kernel module (DKMS) ... (omitting extra stuff).... kevin@odin:~$ sudo apt-get install dkms Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: fakeroot patch Suggested packages: diffutils-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: dkms fakeroot patch 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. Need to get 247 kB of archives. After this operation, 890 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Get:1 http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ precise/main patch i386 2.6.1-3 [86.0 kB] Get:2 http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ precise/main dkms all 2.2.0.3-1ubuntu3 [73.1 kB] Get:3 http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ precise/main fakeroot i386 1.18.2-1 [87.9 kB] Fetched 247 kB in 0s (436 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package patch. (Reading database ... 143936 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking patch (from .../patch_2.6.1-3_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package dkms. Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.2.0.3-1ubuntu3_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package fakeroot. Unpacking fakeroot (from .../fakeroot_1.18.2-1_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up patch (2.6.1-3) ... Setting up dkms (2.2.0.3-1ubuntu3) ... Setting up fakeroot (1.18.2-1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/fakeroot-sysv to provide /usr/bin/fakeroot (fakeroot) in auto mode. kevin@odin:~$ sudo apt-get install dkms ndiswrapper-dkms Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done dkms is already the newest version. The following NEW packages will be installed: ndiswrapper-dkms 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. Need to get 176 kB of archives. After this operation, 778 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Get:1 http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ precise/universe ndiswrapper-dkms all 1.57-1ubuntu1 [176 kB] Fetched 176 kB in 0s (285 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package ndiswrapper-dkms. (Reading database ... 144030 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ndiswrapper-dkms (from .../ndiswrapper-dkms_1.57-1ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Setting up ndiswrapper-dkms (1.57-1ubuntu1) ... Loading new ndiswrapper-1.57 DKMS files... First Installation: checking all kernels... Building only for 3.2.0-23-generic-pae Building initial module for 3.2.0-23-generic-pae Done. ndiswrapper: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic-pae/updates/dkms/ depmod....... DKMS: install completed. kevin@odin:~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. kevin@odin:~$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper kevin@odin:~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2346 B Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 eth0 no wireless extensions.
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Saturday, July 21, 2012
SOLVED: How to Install Netgear WG311 under Ubuntu 12.04
Put Netgear WG311 in box.
turn on box.
follow directions at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Netgear_WG311_v3
BUT: No matter how many times I rebooted, the sudo modprobe ndiswrapper kept giving me the message FATAL.
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Thanks a lot !!! I had exactly the same issue
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